Rather, it is the scene in Episode 2 of “And Just Like That,” when Carrie is at home getting ready for Big’s funeral.
Signs of its cultural downfall are hard to ignore.
She paid $1,895 for the original model, plus another $250 for the accessories package and $39 for monthly access to online classes.
But sure enough, “as soon as we were vaccinated” and the gyms reopened, she said, the couple stopped using their Peloton.
Two weeks ago, the Weismans posted it on Facebook Marketplace, initially asking $1,350 for the bike, plus the Peloton-branded accessories.
While a quick sale may suggest that Pelotons are holding their value, it is worth noting that many were bought at the height of the pandemic, before the company slashed its prices.
Ms. Anderer received her bike as a birthday gift from her husband in 2017, and estimates she used it eight to 20 times a month at first.
“My husband is on me — he asks me every month, are we getting rid of this thing or not?” Ms. Anderer said.
One striking thing about the secondhand ads is how so many bikes are described as “like new” or “barely used” — a sales tactic, perhaps, but perhaps not.
Instead, the bike took up residence in his home office, so he had to look at it everyday, sitting there as a nonfunctioning object.
The Peloton reminded him of another piece of exercise equipment that his father bought from an infomercial in the early ’90s, when he was still living at home.